Black Diamond Drilling Mdn — a 1621m maiden at Kalgoorlie, jumping at 15:10 on — ground, rail +5m. 6 runners engaged.
At the trip
Kalgoorlie has staged 12 races at 1621m in our sample — indicative rather than conclusive.
- Barrier draw: Inside (1–4) wins the most races here — 9 of 12 (75.0% win share); Middle (5–9) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.55 (3 from 51).
- Pace: Settle position 1–3 wins the most races here — 7 of 12 (58.3% win share); Settle position 7–10 underperforms its market price — A/E 0.00 (0 from 25).
- Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 6 of 12 (50.0% win share); the value band has been Roughie (>$10) — A/E 1.56 (4 from 61).
- Data note: settling position is unknown for 21 runners in this sample, which dilutes the pace numbers.
Rail effect
Grouping similar rail positions (+5m ±1m) covers only 4 runnings — too small to lean on.
- For the record: Inside (1–4) accounted for 3 of the 4 winners (3 from 16 runners, A/E 1.17) in that limited data — colour, not signal; the overall numbers above carry more weight.
Jockeys & trainers
- Together, Lucy F Fiore × P J Fernie are 8 from 25 (32.0%) in the last 90 days — they combine with #4 Graceful Lass here.
- Jockey Brandon Louis: 5 from 30 (16.7%) in the last 30 days — rides #1 Racy Rascal here.
- Trainer Michael Grantham: 33 from 140 (23.6%) in the last 90 days (14 of those in the last 30) — saddles #5 Midnight Deal here.
- Trainer A W Maley is 6 from 27 at today’s meeting profile (22.2% strike, A/E 1.83) and has #6 Mensesh here.
- Jockey Zephen Johnston-Porter is 14 from 131 at today’s meeting profile (10.7% strike, A/E 1.25) and has #5 Midnight Deal here.